In the past I emailed Sinner (1st time 11/11/2011, the last 04/27/2012) about ordering the da Hood for my Strada. I even sent some pictures of my Strada with the da Hood that was used on ROAM on my velo (Ft Wayne Indiana campground). It was great looking and very functional.

I have not heard from Sinner at all. Still interested in one, not sure Sinner is interested in selling one to me.

Since it took about 7 months from my first inquiry about ordering a hood from Sinner and receiving it, I can attest to frustration that comes from feeling like you have to work really hard to spend a fairly large wad of cash. I hope that the changes that Harry mentioned improves the response time because the hood I received is really a beautiful piece of kit. Plus, apparently Sinner has more molds now and can fabricate more hoods which should reduce the wait time to weeks instead of months (Sinner's estimate).

The last two weeks we have been very busy sorting out all kinds of loose notes and un-answered e-mails. For the near future two persons (Harma for general questions and quotes and myself for the technical questions) will be answering the e-mails. We both are very determined to restore faith in our customer service.

Good luck with the new situation Harry and Harma. E-mail is time consuming and the questions asked can be 'not so bright'. But when done right, it brings in happy customers and profit. You can do it!

I just received an email from Harma from Sinner. I resent my original emails yesterday to Sinner. I noted that Harry had posted on BROL about the issues with their customer service.

I pleased to see the quick response. Looking forward to getting and using Da Hood in the near future.

David

Any word on if you will get the strada specific dahood that sinner is reported to be working on ?
I communicated with sinner regarding a dahood several months back and was told I was on the list. I'm wondering if the strada dahood is a near term project and those of us with stradas will be receiving that design.

Harma did not specify that the Da Hood would be the Strada one or not. I'm waiting on a return email on payment, I'll ask the question then. I have a picture of the Mango Da Hood that was used during ROAM, I was able to fit it to my Strada while the ROAM group was at Ft Wayne IN. It fit nicely, it did have a gap at the top back of the turtle deck, not an issue for me as my top rear light cable goes out there. It could be filled with a small piece of zone foam.

Harma did not specify that the Da Hood would be the Strada one or not. I'm waiting on a return email on payment, I'll ask the question then. I have a picture of the Mango Da Hood that was used during ROAM, I was able to fit it to my Strada while the ROAM group was at Ft Wayne IN. It fit nicely, it did have a gap at the top back of the turtle deck, not an issue for me as my top rear light cable goes out there. It could be filled with a small piece of zone foam.

before you go getting a "da hood" you may want to concider the wim schermer race cap. I used it all spring , summer , fall and now coming into winter. The air flow is very good in the schermer cap. It only takes about 3 months from time of order. Also they are quite a bit lighter than the sinner hood from what I hear.

Harma did not specify that the Da Hood would be the Strada one or not. I'm waiting on a return email on payment, I'll ask the question then. I have a picture of the Mango Da Hood that was used during ROAM, I was able to fit it to my Strada while the ROAM group was at Ft Wayne IN. It fit nicely, it did have a gap at the top back of the turtle deck, not an issue for me as my top rear light cable goes out there. It could be filled with a small piece of zone foam.

David

The fit looks about perfect in that image. Is/ was there a Mango specific Da Hood in addition to the Quest model ? I'm wondering what mods they have in mind for the Strada specific Da Hood.

Da Hood fits best on the Mango for which it was designed. Works well with the Quest though its hump is somewhat smaller -- more space on the rear end of the hood.
Strada has a wider hump than the Mango and its flow is somewhat different.